New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-06

tie itself quietly and once for oil. And this In
suite of a thousand inherent difficulties known to
every housexeeper. but which would prove SELL
adjusting so soon rs it was learned that service
had found a rational basis. At present, WIN Vne
majority Of mistrcsses it is simply unendins eorue
gle to get the most out OF the UNWILLING "n'
clud.inr server. hopelessly unreasonable and CIV
ing warning on fsintcst provocation' iee oh''o
very women. turning to factory life where hNeu
and ;pexorab,c law rules with no appeal, submit
n, once and become often skilled and capable
yo,,,ers IT, is certain that domestic service
must learn organization as every other form OF iii
dustry has learned it, and that mls'rcsses h'usV
submit to something Of the same training 'hac Is
needed by the maid Nor need it be feared that
rutting such service on a strictly business basis
will destroy such kin dliness as now helps DO
make the relation less intocrable. On the con-
trary with Justice the foundation and rigorous
fulGlmcnt of duty on both sides will come laf
closer tie than exists save in rarest instances and
homes will regain a quality long ago vanished
from our midst. Such training will be the first
step toward the cooperation which must be The
ultimate solution Of many social problems.
II has failed in its few attempts because personal
Justice was lacking, but even one generation OF
sustained effort to simplify conditions would in
sure not only a different ideal for those who
think at all, but the birth of something better
for every child Of the Republic
For the individual standing alone, hampercd
by many cares and distracted over The whole
household problem. action may seem imp sSloie
But if the most rational members OF community
would band together, send prejudice and tradition
DO the winds and make u new declaration OF In
dependence for the worker it Is certain that the
tide would turn, and new order oe9in. I'LL
such united concerted action can be brought about
nn1 nYan
only through women. Dismiss sentiment. Learn
to lock- at the thing trade in which each seeks
her own advantage, and in which each gains
the more clearly thee advantages are defined.
1t is O hard relation. II demands every power
that woman can bring to bear upon it. 1t Is on
education Of the highest faculties she owns. 1t
means o double battle. for it is with ourselves
that the fight begins. Liberty can only come
through personal struggle. 1t is easy TO die iol
it. but to live for it. to deserve it, TO defend 1t
forever is another and harder matter. Still
harder is it 10 know it's full meaning and what
il is that makes the battle worth fighting. Union
to such ends will be slow. but it must come
Freedom is growth and not creation; one man
suffers, one man is fee. One brain FORCES n con-
stitution but how shall the million souls be won?
Freedom is more than a reyOluton-he is not free
who is free Alone
Is this the word Of q dreamer whose magma
ton holds the only work of reconstruction. and
whose hands are powerless to make the dream re-
atty ? On the contrary many years of experience
in which few Of the usual troubles were cncoun
tei ed, added to that OF others who had thought
Out the problem for themselves, have demonstrated
that reform is possible. Precisely such condi-
lions as are here specified have been in practical
opel alton for many years Tho homes in which
they have ruled have had the unfaling devotion
of those who served and the experiment. has
ceased to come under that head. and demonstrated
that order and peace and quiet mastery OF the
days work MY still be American possessions.
Count this imperfect presentation then as estab-
Iished fact for few. and ask why 1t is not pos
sible to make ID for the many.